Quick Transmigration: The Green Tea Mistress's Guide to Seduction - A Master's Handbook

As if it were a matter of wishful thinking, just as Qin Shenzhi's thought arose, Xie Qingyu suddenly spoke up.

"Where is Sister Qinglian?"

Qin Shenzhi paused.

Xie Qingyu seemed to have guessed something from his actions, "I thought before that you and Sister Qinglian... were in a consensual relationship."

"That's not true," Qin Shenzhi retorted quickly, as if afraid of being too late.

Realizing his tone was too harsh, he explained, "There were some reasons why we had some contact before, but I have absolutely no romantic feelings for her."

Qin Shenzhi spoke with absolute certainty; he knew that his previous attitude and words seemed to lack persuasiveness.

Even Xie Qingyu had witnessed such a scene firsthand.

However, he couldn't reveal the real reason.

"Where is Qinglian now? Did she go to the estate with her aunt and the others?" Xie Qingyu asked.

"Still in prison."

"He's still in prison? Why?"

Everyone else has been executed or released, so why is she still in prison?

Qin Shenzhi didn't want to lie to Xie Qingyu, but this situation seemed truly inexplicable.

"Is it because of the changes in her?" Xie Qingyu suddenly asked, looking at Qin Shenzhi's expression.

Qin Shenzhi suddenly looked up at Xie Qingyu. Xie Qingyu knew from his expression that she had guessed correctly, and a little bit of pride appeared on her face. "I also noticed that something was wrong with her."

Qin Shenzhi didn't know how to describe this feeling. He liked every one of Xie Qingyu's vivid little expressions.

So now his tone was quite gentle, "How did you find out?"

“When I first married into the Marquis’s mansion, she always treated me with indifference. She never gave me any face in front of the Marquis’s wife, acting as if she was the master of the mansion. She would also openly and indirectly mock my husband for not visiting me, and laugh at me.”

Xie Qingyu said, "Later, I don't know when it started, she began to pester you. Whenever the Lady of the Marquis mentioned her husband, her eyes were full of disgust."

After Xie Qingyu finished speaking, she looked at Qin Shenzhi, as if to say, "Praise me!"

Qin Shenzhi hadn't expected Xie Qingyu to be so perceptive, but it might also be related to her personality. She had always been quite attentive to how others perceived her, so she was more aware of Gu Qinglian's changes.

However, seeing the obvious pleading look on her face, Qin Shenzhi didn't praise her. "You made a mistake just now."

"Which point?" Xie Qingyu quickly went over her words in her mind, finding nothing wrong with them.

"You just mentioned your husband?" Qin Shenzhi narrowed his eyes, his expression displeased.

“(⊙o⊙)…” Xie Qingyu realized she had misspoke, “I misspoke.”

"From now on, you'll have to get used to this new identity and become a different person."

Now it was Xie Qingyu's turn to say yes.

Perhaps to quickly escape the atmosphere, Xie Qingyu suddenly spoke up, "After dinner, could you let me see Gu Qinglian?"

Just to be on the safe side, Xie Qingyu addressed Gu Qinglian by her full name instead of "Qinglian sister".

"I just have some questions I want to ask her, some things between us..." Xie Qingyu said before Qin Shenzhi could refuse, "After all, she's probably the only one who knows who I am right now."

......

Xie Qingyu finally got to see Gu Qinglian as she had wished.

Qin Shenzhi let her in without saying anything. After taking Xie Qingyu to the interrogation cell, he didn't go in himself. "Ask me anything you want to ask as soon as possible. I'll be standing at the door. Call me if you need anything."

"it is good."

Watching Qin Shenzhi close the cell door in front of her, Xie Qingyu walked into the cell and looked at Gu Qinglian on the ground.

Although her clothes looked somewhat dirty and messy, there were no whip marks or signs of torture.

If we're talking about torture, it would probably be the horrific state of some of her fingers, where the nails have turned a purplish-black.

It should be a punishment involving inserting an iron skewer all the way into the fingertip.

The ten fingers are connected to the heart; most people couldn't withstand such a punishment.

This also shows that they were interrogating Gu Qinglian about her secrets.

The prison environment was poor, and Gu Qinglian appeared very listless at the moment.

However, upon seeing that the person who came was Xie Qingyu, her gaze narrowed, clearly not expecting it.

"How are you still alive?" Gu Qinglian asked, her voice hoarse.

"I haven't done anything immoral, so of course I'm still alive." Xie Qingyu didn't come over to reminisce with her.

Looking down at Gu Qinglian would not help her achieve her goal of questioning her, so Xie Qingyu squatted down and looked at Gu Qinglian.

"Your aunt was executed, and your maternal grandfather is dead too." Xie Qingyu looked at Gu Qinglian's face as she spoke, but she didn't see the surprise in her expression.

"So I should die too?" Xie Qingyu asked softly.

"How did I die in your previous life? Was I beheaded like them, or did I die in some other way?" As Xie Qingyu spoke, an expression of disbelief appeared on Gu Qinglian's face.

Then, as if she had figured it out, she said, "Qin Shenzhi has already told you everything. Why are you still asking me? I've already said what I needed to say. What did they send you here to ask?"

Xie Qingyu looked away from Gu Qinglian, suppressing her desire to ask questions.

She came here specifically to confirm whether Gu Qinglian had been reborn.

Unexpectedly, before the truth could be revealed, she confessed on her own.

It seems that this is why Qin Shenzhi kept her in prison. Once a person has lived a lifetime, if she were to detach herself from romantic feelings, every possible future event she knew would be of paramount importance.

"I only came to check on my sister. I'm relieved to see she's doing well here." Xie Qingyu stood up and lowered her eyes.

Gu Qinglian looked at Xie Qingyu in disbelief, "How did you get alright? Talk to my second cousin and ask him to let me out too. I promise I'll never have any other thoughts."

Gu Qinglian is now filled with regret.

Why did she have to be so desperate as to try and curry favor with Qin Shenzhi?

Coveting the glory that he could bring by becoming a powerful minister in the future, she was deceived by him and revealed that she had been given a second chance at life.

If she had known this would happen, she should have married someone from outside the family immediately after her rebirth, at least she wouldn't have gotten involved in this mess.

"I can't do anything about it." Xie Qingyu slowly brushed Gu Qinglian's hand away. "If you hadn't drugged Madam Hou and made her sick, you might have been delayed in coming in for a while."

Gu Qinglian's eyes trembled, but she neither refuted nor spoke.

Xie Qingyu turned and left.

Standing outside the door, Qin Shenzhi saw that she came out without glancing inside. He closed the cell door and took Xie Qingyu out.

On the way back to Xie Qingyu, he didn't ask her a single question about what happened inside.

When they arrived at the entrance of the General's Mansion, he shook Xie Qingyu's hand and said, "Wait for me."